She's a Sheik

1927 film

  • November 12, 1927 (1927-11-12)
Running time
6 reels, (between 5,931 ft. & 6,015 ft.)CountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

She's a Sheik is a 1927 American silent comedy adventure film produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures and starring Bebe Daniels.[1] A 16mm print of the film was rediscovered in 2017 by Kevin Brownlow.[2]

Synopsis

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image icon Bebe Daniels possibly in a costume for She's a Sheik[3]

A send-up comedy that uses many of the elements of the Rudolph Valentino 'sheik' films, with the exception that a woman, played by Bebe Daniels, is the protagonist.

Cast

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  • Bebe Daniels Lyon as Zaida
  • Richard Arlen as Captain Colton
  • William Powell as Kada
  • Josephine Dunn as Wanda Fowler
  • James Bradbury Jr. as Jerry
  • Billy Franey as Joe
  • Paul McAllister as Sheik Yusiff ben Hamad
  • Al Fremont as The Major
  • Michael Raffetto as Achmet

References

  1. ^ "She's a Sheik". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on August 17, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  2. ^ "Double Bebe… She's a Sheik (1927)/Miss Bluebeard (1925), with Meg Morley and Lillian Henley, Kennington Bioscope". ithankyouarthur.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on August 17, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  3. ^ "ARCADE CARD – PARAMOUNT STUDIOS – MOVIE STAR – BEBE DANIELS – IN EXOTIC SILKY TWO-PIECE DRESS WITH LOTS OF PEARLS – 1920s". chuckman1920sarcadecardbeauties.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on August 17, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to She's a Sheik.
  • She's a Sheik at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Synopsis at AllMovie
  • "She's a Sheik, 1927". silenthollywood.com. Archived from the original on November 18, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  • "She's A Sheik (1927)". silentfilmstillarchive.com. Archived from the original on August 17, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
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